After flirting with tech from 1989 onwards, Sam Varghese began to experiment with Linux in 1998. A couple of years later, he began using the Debian distribution as a single-boot system for his personal use. From that point onwards his interest grew and he has since written widely about free and open source software, with a great deal of his writings based on his own experiences, rather than anecdotal evidence. Open Sauce will focus on a genre of software that is present everywhere but rarely acknowledged; a genre that has little eye-candy but does most of the heavy lifting; a genre that is designed and written by people whose accomplishments are only occasionally recognised. Above all this blog will follow the KISS principle - Keep It Simple, Stupid.

How GNU/Linux users can keep Mono at bay by Sam Varghese    Monday, 01 June 2009 GNU/Linux users who want to keep Mono off their systems can now use an application that warns them when elements of the open source clone of Microsoft's .NET development environment are being installed.

Windows 7: Vista Mark II by Sam Varghese    Friday, 29 May 2009 For sometime earlier this year, there was much talk about how Windows 7 was going to play saviour to rescue its creators from the cesspit that Vista had created. Now it looks like even the biggest fans of that company in Redmond have realised that it is another dud.   Kiwis give Microsoft the finger by Sam Varghese    Wednesday, 27 May 2009 One of the money milking machines in Microsoft's stable has just gone dry. It's a little teat but significant in that it shows the way for other, bigger teats to be pulled out of the Redmond suction pump.   The elusive, royalty-free patent licence for Mono by Sam Varghese    Monday, 25 May 2009 How difficult or easy is it to obtain one of the much-touted "royalty-free, reasonable and non-discriminatory" licences for Microsoft patents that are part of a technology like Mono?   Desktop Linux: it ain't a better Windows by Sam Varghese    Wednesday, 20 May 2009 One debate which the FOSS community will never give up on is the one about GNU/Linux on the desktop. No matter that the two big companies which were once interested in putting GNU/Linux on the desktop have now officially given up.   Queensland firm comes up with multisite CMS by Sam Varghese    Tuesday, 19 May 2009 A Queensland company, ZacWare, has released an application that can transform the popular open source content management system Joomla! into a multisite CMS.   GNU/Linux: rubbery figures don't help the cause by Sam Varghese    Thursday, 14 May 2009 Over the last 10 days there has been a spate of reports all based on some surprising statistics titled "Operating System Market Share" put out by a company named Net Applications.   Brits to test life without Windows by Sam Varghese    Wednesday, 13 May 2009 Two British IT workers are planning to spend a month without Windows, using GNU/Linux instead in a project designed to see whether "the Linux operating system is capable of delivering the function and style of delivery that an established Windows user can adapt to easily."   Does GNU/Linux need cult figures like Jobs? by Sam Varghese    Tuesday, 12 May 2009 Does GNU/Linux need a cult figure like Steve Jobs to spread the word and convert the doubters? And does FOSS lend itself to the development of such egos, where technical merit alone does not count?   XP mode? You may need a new PC by Sam Varghese    Saturday, 09 May 2009 It's been my experience that when Microsoft announces something, one always has to read the fine print. That hasn't changed in the 20 years since I bought my first PC.   Taking Joomla! to new heights by Sam Varghese    Friday, 08 May 2009 For someone who heads a project that develops the most widely used open source content management system, Andrew Eddie tends to be somewhat low-key. One could even call him bashful.   Netbook gains: win or loss for Microsoft? by Sam Varghese    Thursday, 07 May 2009 Much is being made of the gains that Microsoft has apparently made in the netbook market, with manufacturers now finding that sales of the little gadgets with Linux on them are slowing to a trickle.   GNOME Foundation wants your money by Sam Varghese    Monday, 04 May 2009 The global economic crisis has hit the GNOME Foundation to the extent that it is now seeking public money to ensure that it can keep an executive director, who was recruited last year, on its rolls.

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